The war in Ukraine amazed both military and civilian analysts on many levels. 1 was the aspect of the conflict for air supremacy over the invaded country. The Russians, despite the alternatively decisive strikes carried out in the first days of the war, have not managed to capture it either then or to this day. Meanwhile, Ukrainian pilots, despite the method and quantitative superiority of the enemy, proceed to conduct various types of combat missions. It would seem: unthinkable. And yet Ukrainian aircraft stay active all the time. past knows at least 1 conflict where the situation was similar. It was the Vietnam War, in which the Americans played the inglorious function of the Russians, and the Ukrainians were taken by the North Vietnamese.